:00:09. > :00:11.This is BBC World News Today, broadcasting in the UK
:00:12. > :00:17.Phase two of the operation to retake the city of Mosul gets under way.
:00:18. > :00:23.It's the last stronghold of so-called Islamic State in Iraq.
:00:24. > :00:25.Iraqi forces say they've captured several villages as thousands
:00:26. > :00:28.of troops advance on the western half of the city.
:00:29. > :00:50.I'm now above the village and they are about to do smarter it strikes.
:00:51. > :00:53.You look at what happened last night in Sweden. Sweden?
:00:54. > :00:55.Sweden asks for clarification after the US President refers
:00:56. > :00:57.to an apparent terror attack there, which never happened.
:00:58. > :01:00.The American company, Kraft Heinz, withdraws its proposed takeover
:01:01. > :01:14.A SpaceX rocket successfully blasts off from the historic Cape Canaveral
:01:15. > :01:26.launchpad used for the moon landings half a century ago.
:01:27. > :01:33.Iraqi government forces are making significant progress
:01:34. > :01:37.after stepping up their offensive against the Islamic State group
:01:38. > :01:39.in the city of Mosul - hundreds of armoured vehicles
:01:40. > :01:45.and thousands of men are involved in the operation.
:01:46. > :01:48.The battle could see Iraqi forces denting the militant group's hold
:01:49. > :01:52.across parts of northern and western Iraq that were seized two years ago.
:01:53. > :01:55.Last month the government won back the eastern part of the city
:01:56. > :01:58.and the advances of the last 12 hours or so take them within
:01:59. > :02:04.Fears have been voiced about the safety of thousands
:02:05. > :02:09.The BBC's correspondent Quentin Sommerville
:02:10. > :02:22.is with the Iraqi army and sent this report.
:02:23. > :02:25.Just after sunrise, Iraq began what it hopes is its last major
:02:26. > :02:30.battle against the so-called Islamic State.
:02:31. > :02:32.Thousands of men and hundreds of armoured vehicles in a line
:02:33. > :02:39.The Iraqi army are starting their assault on Western Mosul.
:02:40. > :02:41.They have reached their own defences.
:02:42. > :02:44.Armoured vehicles are lining up, getting ready for the Islamic State.
:02:45. > :02:47.They are only a couple of kilometres over that way,
:02:48. > :02:59.They are dug in, the assault in Western Mosul has started.
:03:00. > :03:01.Leading the attack, Iraq's emergency response division,
:03:02. > :03:07.Some of these men were surrounded by IS two years ago.
:03:08. > :03:11.Today, they threw everything they had at IS.
:03:12. > :03:29.We are now above the village which is their main target.
:03:30. > :03:44.They are about to call in some artillery strikes.
:03:45. > :03:47.The captain tells me there are three IS fighters in a yellow building
:03:48. > :03:53.down there and car bombs were targeting them now.
:03:54. > :03:55.There were four car bombs in total, but soon government
:03:56. > :04:04.They killed 13 IS fighters without taking any casualties.
:04:05. > :04:15.This village is small, but it's important, it's
:04:16. > :04:18.the gateway to Mosul proper and the city's airport.
:04:19. > :04:20.Hidden inside another house, away from surveillance aircraft,
:04:21. > :04:24.another car bomb disguised as an ambulance.
:04:25. > :04:34.In these streets, though, a critical advantage - no civilians.
:04:35. > :04:36.In western Mosul there are three quarters of a million people
:04:37. > :04:43.It took these men just six hours to take this village.
:04:44. > :04:47.They made good progress but with overwhelming force.
:04:48. > :04:50.Beyond here is another town and another village.
:04:51. > :04:54.That town overlooks Mosul Airport and the city itself.
:04:55. > :05:07.From here on in, the going will not be nearly so fast.
:05:08. > :05:14.As we have heard, eastern Mosul was liberated by government forces two
:05:15. > :05:20.months ago, we got this view on life in that part of the city. The long
:05:21. > :05:24.awaited operation to take the western side of most was happening,
:05:25. > :05:28.in this side there is mixed feelings about people who are happy about the
:05:29. > :05:35.news of the operation. Suicide attacks took place. And this year 's
:05:36. > :05:43.presence has been increased, however that has not stopped people from
:05:44. > :05:48.coming out to the market. We're so happy that our brothers in the Iraqi
:05:49. > :05:52.army are liberating our brothers in the West. The Westerners had been
:05:53. > :05:56.heard by the tragedies of IS. They have really suffered from hunger and
:05:57. > :06:02.thirst. So we are so happy about the start of the operation. Thank God we
:06:03. > :06:08.are in high-spirited and there is good relationship between Mr G
:06:09. > :06:09.forces and the people, we feel safe, God willing things will be stable
:06:10. > :06:14.soon. A senior member of the new US
:06:15. > :06:16.administration has distanced himself from Donald Trump's assessment
:06:17. > :06:18.of the media as "the The President made
:06:19. > :06:21.the comments during a rally on Saturday in Florida -
:06:22. > :06:23.but his Defense Secretary, James Mattis, had this to say
:06:24. > :06:27.when he was asked what he thought I've had some rather contentious
:06:28. > :06:33.times with the press, but no, the press as far as I'm concerned
:06:34. > :06:40.are a constituency that we deal with, and I don't have any issues
:06:41. > :06:45.with the press myself. Mr Mattis is not the only
:06:46. > :06:48.Republican to speak out Senator John Mccain told the NBC
:06:49. > :06:52.programme 'meet the press' that attacking the media had overtones
:06:53. > :06:57.of dictatorship... If you want to preserve
:06:58. > :07:03.democracy as we know it, you have to have a free and many
:07:04. > :07:06.times adversial press, and without it, I'm afraid
:07:07. > :07:08.that we would lose so much of our individual
:07:09. > :07:10.liberties over time. That is how dictators get started,
:07:11. > :07:19.with tweets like that? With - no, they get started
:07:20. > :07:24.by suppressing a free press. In other words,
:07:25. > :07:27.a consolidation of power. When you look at history,
:07:28. > :07:30.the first thing that dictators do is shut down the press,
:07:31. > :07:33.I'm not saying that President Trump is trying to be a dictator,
:07:34. > :07:36.I'm just saying we need to learn Let's go live to
:07:37. > :07:41.Washington and speak to our correspondent -
:07:42. > :07:52.David Willis. There is little sign that he's
:07:53. > :07:56.trying to censor the press but he's certainly trying to discredit it and
:07:57. > :08:00.in turn led Subasic we have got the media fighting back against that,
:08:01. > :08:04.and catching him out if and when they can. How is that viewed in
:08:05. > :08:09.America, in a country that according to recent polls doesn't trust the
:08:10. > :08:14.press anyway. That is a good point Chris, what we have had from
:08:15. > :08:19.President Trump over the last few days, is increasing bellicosity if
:08:20. > :08:24.that is the right word, towards the mass media. He went on Twitter the
:08:25. > :08:28.other day, to say that they were the enemy of the American people. That
:08:29. > :08:33.is strong stuff, it is going a lot further than he has gone in the
:08:34. > :08:39.past. Body clearly does believe that the media has misrepresented his
:08:40. > :08:42.first month in office, there have of course been protests. There have
:08:43. > :08:47.been problems though the administration links to Russia, has
:08:48. > :08:51.been the resignation of General Mike Flynn, the National security
:08:52. > :08:56.adviser. But President Trump believes it is all going swimmingly
:08:57. > :09:01.and that is why, he went on the campaign trail. Last night, going to
:09:02. > :09:08.Florida, giving that speech, as if he was campaigning for office, he
:09:09. > :09:11.says he is campaigning for office in 2020. This is because he can
:09:12. > :09:15.circumvent the mass media at gatherings like that, he can get his
:09:16. > :09:20.message directly to the people who act should put him in the White
:09:21. > :09:25.House. Let's just talk about Sweden if we can, the comments that he made
:09:26. > :09:29.about Sweden in Florida, at that rally. Any response from the White
:09:30. > :09:36.House or any of the governmental departments to Sweden's request for
:09:37. > :09:39.some clarification. Not yet, this is very interesting because this is
:09:40. > :09:44.something that came up at that rally in Florida last night. He was
:09:45. > :09:49.talking about immigration controls, one of his pet subject and he talked
:09:50. > :09:57.about open borders in Europe and how they had led to terrorist attacks,
:09:58. > :10:02.and he cited attacks in Paris, Nice, Brussels, and only the day before in
:10:03. > :10:07.Sweden. He said. You look at what is happening last night in Sweden, who
:10:08. > :10:11.would believe this? Sweden. Well Sweden didn't believe it because it
:10:12. > :10:16.was pretty quiet on Friday night in Sweden by all accounts. The most
:10:17. > :10:19.ulcers thing going on by all accounts, was a contest to narrow
:10:20. > :10:26.down who would represent Sweden in Eurovision Song contest. That has
:10:27. > :10:31.prompted the Swedish Embassy in Washington to ask the State
:10:32. > :10:35.Department to please explain what on earth the president was talking
:10:36. > :10:45.about. And as soon as you get a response, we will bring it to you in
:10:46. > :10:47.Sweden and I look forward to that. Let's have a look at other
:10:48. > :10:48.developments around the world. Russian opposition activist,
:10:49. > :10:50.Vladimir Kara Murza, has left the country after spending
:10:51. > :10:53.more than two weeks in a critical Medical discharge papers said
:10:54. > :11:00.he was suffering from the effects He has flown out of Russia
:11:01. > :11:05.accompanied by his wife and a medic, A policeman has been killed
:11:06. > :11:12.in an explosion near the bullring Police had been deployed ahead
:11:13. > :11:16.of expected protests by animal The bullring reopened last month,
:11:17. > :11:21.four years after being closed Zimbabwe's president
:11:22. > :11:28.Robert Mugabe says both the governing party,
:11:29. > :11:32.ZANU-PF, and the country's people see no viable successor to him
:11:33. > :11:35.in next year's elections. Mr Mugabe - who turns 93 on Tuesday
:11:36. > :11:38.- has been in power since 1980. His wife says he's so popular
:11:39. > :11:41.voters would support him Malaysian police are hunting
:11:42. > :11:50.for at least four more suspects in the death of Kim Jong-nam,
:11:51. > :11:53.the half brother of in the death of Kim Jong-nam,
:11:54. > :12:11.the half brother of He died on Monday after
:12:12. > :12:14.apparently being poisoned Four people have already been
:12:15. > :12:17.arrested over the death but many questions remain unanswered,
:12:18. > :12:19.including what will The assasination of this man
:12:20. > :12:23.appears to have involved Four have already been detained
:12:24. > :12:27.in the poisoning of Kim Jong-nam, including a woman holding
:12:28. > :12:29.a Vietnamese passport who could be this person from the crime scene,
:12:30. > :12:32.and this woman who says She says she thought
:12:33. > :12:36.she was on a television prank show. One North Korean citizen
:12:37. > :12:39.is in custody, thought to be the man And now the authorities have asked
:12:40. > :12:45.for Interpol's help to find at least four more North Koreans,
:12:46. > :12:48.who all entered and exited Malaysia I can confirm today they have
:12:49. > :12:52.left our country the very same day People of interest who might
:12:53. > :12:59.know how Kim Jong-nam's Four suspects has been identified,
:13:00. > :13:07.which could assist us very much Still the question of
:13:08. > :13:11.what will be done with. Malaysian law requires his
:13:12. > :13:20.family to come in person If still they don't come forward,
:13:21. > :13:33.we have to look for the next option. It is unclear whether Mr Kim's
:13:34. > :13:45.children could travel to the morgue Or perhaps the law requires
:13:46. > :13:50.the presence of this man, the victim's half sibling
:13:51. > :13:56.North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. South Korea's unification ministry
:13:57. > :13:59.say they believe Pyongyang orchestrated the poisoning of Kim
:14:00. > :14:03.Jong-nam. The man once poised to rule
:14:04. > :14:06.North Korea before falling out While Kim Jong-nam was alive
:14:07. > :14:12.the thinking goes he remained a threat to his half brother
:14:13. > :14:15.and to Kim Jong-un's fragile grip One of the biggest potential
:14:16. > :14:27.takeover deals in corporate history is NOT going to happen -
:14:28. > :14:30.after the American food giant Kraft-Heinz said
:14:31. > :14:32.it was dropping its bid to buy The Anglo-Dutch company rejected
:14:33. > :14:37.a bid from Kraft on Friday. Now Kraft has said it has 'amicably
:14:38. > :14:42.agreed' to scrap the plan. Our business Correspondent Joe
:14:43. > :14:56.Lynam has been watching Didn't quite turn out how we
:14:57. > :15:00.expected it? I have never seen such a corporate U-turn, I calculate that
:15:01. > :15:04.within 55 hours of the bid being submitted and initially rejected, it
:15:05. > :15:09.has now been withdrawn entirely. This brought together some major
:15:10. > :15:14.Grable brands that you and I know. Such as -- Major global brand. Such
:15:15. > :15:18.as that Adelphia and Heinz baked beans, which is owned by
:15:19. > :15:23.Kraft-Heinz, and that would have brought over marmite and other ones
:15:24. > :15:28.from Unilever to create a huge player. Worth 55 billion. But it is
:15:29. > :15:33.no more, what has happened is that basically it has become very clear
:15:34. > :15:37.that it was never going to work and that Kraft-Heinz would have to
:15:38. > :15:41.launch a hostile takeover bid and that would have cost it an awful lot
:15:42. > :15:45.more money than it was prepared to pay and it wouldn't have made the
:15:46. > :15:50.deal worthwhile and also it wouldn't have been a friendly and amicable
:15:51. > :15:55.divorce. And if you're wondering why we should care, it is not just such
:15:56. > :16:01.a huge takeover bid, a lot of jobs and products at stake? You are
:16:02. > :16:03.rights to mention jobs, there are thousands of people working for
:16:04. > :16:08.Unilever at the moment to breathing a sigh of relief, simply because
:16:09. > :16:14.Craft Heinz is controlled by a Brazilian outfit called the 3G, they
:16:15. > :16:17.have a deserved history for cost-cutting, taking a side to
:16:18. > :16:21.factories and jobs for the companies they take over. They certainly would
:16:22. > :16:24.have run the rule over Unilever factories all over the world saying
:16:25. > :16:28.this one has to go. Stay with us on BBC World News,
:16:29. > :16:31.still to come: A hat-trick from Harry Kane
:16:32. > :16:37.who eases Tottenham Hotspur A full round-up of
:16:38. > :16:58.the action coming up. The army defeated in the task it had
:16:59. > :17:05.been sent to perform at retreating in good order. It had a terrible
:17:06. > :17:20.effect on the morale, and terrified of the repercussions on the streets.
:17:21. > :17:27.As the airlift got underway, there was no letup in the eruption itself,
:17:28. > :17:31.lava streams in the greater flow down to the sea on the east of the
:17:32. > :17:36.island, away from the town at the time being but it could start
:17:37. > :17:40.flowing again had any time. The Russians heralded their new
:17:41. > :17:44.generation space station with a spectacular night launch, they
:17:45. > :17:47.called it, mir, the Russian for peace.
:17:48. > :17:53.Iraqi forces say they've captured several villages
:17:54. > :17:55.in their assault on western Mosul, the last stronghold of so-called
:17:56. > :18:01.Sweden has asked for an explanation from Washington after
:18:02. > :18:04.President Trump spoke of a security incident there,
:18:05. > :18:19.Let's return to our main story - the Iraqi army's renewed
:18:20. > :18:21.offensive to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State group.
:18:22. > :18:24.already played you one report by Quentin Sommerville who's
:18:25. > :18:28.As always, Quentin is also telling the story on Twitter.
:18:29. > :19:12.incredible insight into that assault on Mosul.
:19:13. > :19:15.And you can see those photos on Quentin's twitter account -
:19:16. > :19:18.he is @sommervillebbc - and you can follow him while he's
:19:19. > :19:28.A SpaceX rocket has successfully launched
:19:29. > :19:32.from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida following a 24-hour
:19:33. > :19:35.delay to replace a mechanical part, known as an 'actuator'.
:19:36. > :19:37.The Falcon 9 rocket was carrying the 12th Dragon
:19:38. > :19:40.spacecraft delivering cargo to the International Space Station.
:19:41. > :19:45.This is the first SpaceX lift off from the Kennedy Space Center -
:19:46. > :19:48.specifically pad 39A, which was the site of the Apollo 11
:19:49. > :20:05.The payload is on its way to the Space Station,
:20:06. > :20:08.but the rocket turned around and touched down on a landing pad.
:20:09. > :20:10.Here's how NASA spokesperson Jessica Jensen summed up the mission.
:20:11. > :20:16.Any time we can get a new pad off the ground, we completely modernise
:20:17. > :20:27.We have run tonnes of tests to ensure that the hold downs
:20:28. > :20:33.back in a different way than it used to on pad 40.
:20:34. > :20:36.We have done tons of ground tests, but we have never made it an actual
:20:37. > :20:38.rocket with a payload on top of that.
:20:39. > :20:41.So to watch that happen for the first time was just amazing.
:20:42. > :20:44.I am sure the team will be out celebrating tonight.
:20:45. > :20:47.As of now we are still watching Dragon and ensuring it is on its way
:20:48. > :20:50.to the space station safely and it still does checkouts
:20:51. > :20:53.But all is looking great, we are not expecting any issues.
:20:54. > :20:59.We'll be out tonight if you want to find us.
:21:00. > :21:05.There will be some heavy drinking sure among some of our footballers.
:21:06. > :21:09.Hello good evening, the draw has been made for the quarter-finals
:21:10. > :21:11.of the FA Cup and Lincoln City - after that giant-killing
:21:12. > :21:14.against Premier League side Burnley yesterday.
:21:15. > :21:16.They could face Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium -
:21:17. > :21:22.IF THEY can beat another non-league side - Sutton United tomorrow...
:21:23. > :21:33.Jose Mourinho and Manchester United return to the scene of a 4-0
:21:34. > :21:35.trouncing earlier this season as they visit Premier League leaders
:21:36. > :21:41.Middlesbrough host the winner of the replay
:21:42. > :21:42.between Championship side Huddersfield and Manchester City.
:21:43. > :21:45.There's another London derby for Spurs, who host Millwall
:21:46. > :21:48.and confirmation of what COULD be in prospect a trip to Sutton
:21:49. > :22:05.end, Ibrahimovic's introduction made a difference as they beat the
:22:06. > :22:10.championships I'd buy 2-1. Rovers are second bottle, but they stunned
:22:11. > :22:15.United earlier on Ewood Park. They didn't hold their lead for too long,
:22:16. > :22:19.Henrikh Mkhitaryan with a lovely pass for Marcus Rashford and he
:22:20. > :22:28.rounded the keeper to make it 1-1 before Ibrahimovic's winner. They
:22:29. > :22:32.gave us a hard game and congratulations to them, because
:22:33. > :22:38.their approach was brave and strong and a very correct game. He had a
:22:39. > :22:48.game in his hands easily. But they had a Brent attitude, -- a brilliant
:22:49. > :22:54.attitude and this professional attitude, focus and responsibility,
:22:55. > :23:01.we would be in real trouble. Tottenham Hotspur booking their
:23:02. > :23:09.place, in a 3-0 win. The striker Harry Kane scored a hat-trick
:23:10. > :23:13.against the championship side. Very good, we have not had a few great
:23:14. > :23:18.results recently and we wanted to get a win today, we have done that
:23:19. > :23:21.and played very well and comfortable and properly should have added a few
:23:22. > :23:25.more goals and it is a great game all around and we are happy with it.
:23:26. > :23:28.In Spain's Primera Division Lionel Messi's fourth minute goal
:23:29. > :23:32.for Barcelona narrowed the gap on leaders Real Madrid to one point.
:23:33. > :23:38.They are currently drawing. Real Madrid still have two games in hand
:23:39. > :23:46.on the Catalans but the win came as welcome relief after comprehensive
:23:47. > :23:50.loss to PSG earlier this week. Elsewhere Valencia picked up an
:23:51. > :23:53.important week the Athletic Bilbao, moving them away from relegation
:23:54. > :24:02.trouble, also victories for Villarreal and Celta Vigo.
:24:03. > :24:04.Wigan have won Rugby League's World Club Challenge
:24:05. > :24:07.It's the annual match bewteen the Superleague winners
:24:08. > :24:11.The Warriors were facing the Cronulla Sharks at the DW
:24:12. > :24:13.Stadium, they led 10-nil at halftime and though Sharks mounted
:24:14. > :24:16.a comeback...Joe Burgess's third try secured the win ...22 points to 6.
:24:17. > :24:26.Wigan the first English team to lift this trophy in five years.
:24:27. > :24:37.Pleased with that, and wanting to perform. Really well. It is not the
:24:38. > :24:40.coaching staff, the players have so much desire and so much guts and
:24:41. > :24:41.determination to get these winds. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won
:24:42. > :24:45.the Rotterdam Open on Sunday with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 win over David
:24:46. > :24:52.Goffin. It's also a first ever
:24:53. > :24:54.title for the French sixth seed at this event,
:24:55. > :24:56.having lost the 2011 The victory against the Belgian
:24:57. > :25:02.third seed who was playing his second final in as many weeks took
:25:03. > :25:11.just under two hours handing Tsonga That is all of the sport for now.
:25:12. > :25:22.Now let's just show you some wonderful footage of some blokes.
:25:23. > :25:26.This is Japan. 10,000 were wearing nothing but soon most I'll staff. To
:25:27. > :25:34.take part in a 500-year-old tradition. The naked man festival
:25:35. > :25:37.takes place every year, at a temple. These men have two scramble for
:25:38. > :25:44.sacred sticks thrown into the crowd in darkness. The winners who find
:25:45. > :25:50.the sticks are considered lucky men. Not too sure about the spectators.
:25:51. > :25:58.Before we go, wanted Tony about Asus of interview coming up later with
:25:59. > :26:01.the Hollywood star Angelina Jolie. She talks about why she wants to
:26:02. > :26:04.make a film about Cambodia's genocide. From all of us, good
:26:05. > :26:17.night. Good evening it has felt more
:26:18. > :26:18.springlike in winter this weekend because the